[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
Re: (meteorobs) Dec. 26 LA fireball
Hi, Lew:
Thanks for the compliment!
Tracking down fireball reports is something we all ought to get the chance
to do. It's really interesting and fun, although time consuming and
sometimes frustrating. I've done it a number of times during my quarter
century in planetariums, and it has given me a pretty good idea of what the
average "non-observing" person sees (or thinks he or she sees) in the sky.
I'm pretty convinced that "How do you know that?" is the most important
question to ask the casual observer of a fireball. Whether it's the time
they saw it, the direction, the duration, or anything else, asking that
helps them more deeply consider what happened and that USUALLY leads to
better data. I've seen it help many observers solve inconsistencies in
their own reports, as well as bringing out new information and lines of
questions that they didn't think would be important (but were!).
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com>
To: Meteor Observing Mailing List <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Dec. 26 LA fireball
>
> Dave, thanks for following up this event: you've given an EXCELLENT
example to
> all of us interested in meteor science, as to how to research and report a
> public fireball sighting in the most careful and least sensational way.
>
> Have you reported a summary of your findings to any groups outside
'meteorobs'?
> If not, you should definitely consider doing so.
>
> Lew
>
>
> To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'meteorobs' email list, use the Web form at:
> http://www.tiacdot net/users/lewkaren/meteorobs/subscribe.html
>
To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'meteorobs' email list, use the Web form at:
http://www.tiacdot net/users/lewkaren/meteorobs/subscribe.html
References: